New Live Action Report Documents Planned Parenthood’s Multimillion Dollar Midterm Efforts and How Taxpayer Funding Allows Planned Parenthood to Fund Allies’ Political Races and Its Agenda

“Planned Parenthood is weaponizing taxpayer’s money against them”

Washington, D.C. (October 30, 2018)– Today, Live Action released a report detailing how millions of dollars in taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood are allowing it to turn around and spend millions of dollars in the 2018 midterms to elect pro-abortion politicians who will fight against abortion industry regulations and keep the taxpayer funding flowing.

Taxpayer funding frees up donors to direct their money to Planned Parenthood’s political agenda rather than to fund what nominal health services Planned Parenthood itself provides.

The report also shows that over time, despite the fact that Planned Parenthood is providing fewer services for fewer clients at fewer facilities, it has received ever increasing amounts of taxpayer funding, and its political arms are spending record amounts of money on elections.

Planned Parenthood’s political arms are poised to spend $20 million on their own and another $30 million in a joint effort with three other groups in the midterms on both state and federal offices. In addition to its midterm spending, according to its latest annual report, Planned Parenthood and its political arms were able to spend $160 million last year for “public policy” and “movement building” and to “promote health equity” and “engage communities” as well as spend another $85 million on fundraising.

Statement from Lila Rose:

“Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion corporation and a multimillion-dollar political machine. Millions of dollars in taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood allow it to turn around and spend millions of dollars supporting the 2018 midterm campaigns of the politicians who will keep that funding flowing.

“While Planned Parenthood and its political arms are separate on paper, because taxpayers are forced to give the abortion chain over $500 million a year, donors are freed up to direct their money to Planned Parenthood’s political agenda rather than to fund what nominal health services Planned Parenthood itself provides.

“Getting a half billion dollars a year from taxpayers allows the abortion chain’s donors to divert their money to political efforts to defeat pro-life politicians and to lobby for taxpayer funding of abortions, increases in federal funding, and the repeal of all abortion regulations. It’s the taxpayers who end up paying for Planned Parenthood’s radical pro-abortion agenda — an agenda that poll after poll shows most Americans are against. Planned Parenthood is weaponizing the taxpayers’ own money against them.

“The corrupt bargain between Planned Parenthood and pro-abortion politicians must end. It’s paid for by taxpayers and with the lives of over 320,000 preborn children every year. Congress and the president must fulfill their promise to defund Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer dollars. American taxpayers should not be in the abortion business, nor should they be subsidizing campaign contributions to any politician to keep them in office.”

At the same time Planned Parenthood pushes for more taxpayer dollars, many of Planned Parenthood’s services and its clients are declining. In the last 10 years of Planned Parenthood’s annual reporting (2006-2016),

clients have decreased 23 percent (3.1 million in 2006 vs. 2.4 million in 2016);

Yet while many services have decreased over the last 10 years, Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers are up by 11 percent (to over 320,000 babies each year) and taxpayer funding has skyrocketed from $336 million in 2006 to $543 million a year in 2016.

Live Action is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion and affirming the life of every child. Live Action exists to change hearts and minds about abortion through compelling educational media, human interest stories, and investigative reporting that exposes the lies and corruption in the abortion industry. With the largest online following in the pro-life movement, Live Action’s videos and reaches millions of people every week. Find out more at http://www.liveaction.org

]]>Live Action Applauds California Governor’s Veto of Bill Mandating Abortion Pills on College Campuseshttps://www.liveaction.org/live-action-applauds-california-governors-veto-of-bill-mandating-abortion-pills-on-college-campuses/
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:20:11 +0000https://www.liveaction.org/?p=19529Washington, D.C. – Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) vetoed a bill Sunday that would have required public universities in California to offer abortion pills on campus. Senate Bill 320 would have required health centers in the University of California and California State University systems to supply RU-486 pills to students so they could carry out their own abortions in their dorm rooms. The pills can be used up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy.

In a veto message, Brown said such services are “widely available” to students at off-campus clinics. “This bill is not necessary,” the governor wrote.

Statement from Live Action President and Founder, Lila Rose:

“This is the right move by Gov. Jerry Brown. This bill was dangerous for students and their preborn children. Senate Bill 320 would have forced the state’s public universities to dispense abortion pills to students so they could induce their own abortions in their dorm rooms. California politicians and the abortion industry lied to students, telling them that the abortion pill is like a heavy period that merely flushes away a clump of undefined cells. The fact is the pill regimen slowly starves the preborn child to death and can be administered up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy when the baby has a face, arms and legs, and a beating heart. According to the FDA, at least 22 women have died after taking the RU-486 regimen and many others have had serious complications, with nearly 600 women experiencing such severe blood loss that they required transfusions. Schools should a place for education – not the ending of human life. We applaud Gov. Jerry Brown vetoing this endeavor to make California public universities into abortion centers.”

Live Action is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion and affirming the life of every child. Live Action exists to change hearts and minds about abortion through compelling educational media, human interest stories, and investigative reporting that exposes the lies and corruption in the abortion industry. With the largest online following in the pro-life movement, Live Action’s videos and reaches millions of people every week. Find out more at https://www.liveaction.org

]]>Pro-life groups ask Trump to veto spending billhttps://www.liveaction.org/pro-life-groups-ask-trump-to-veto-spending-bill/
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 01:20:24 +0000https://www.liveaction.org/?p=19517Washington, D.C. – Today, Congress sent a government funding bill to the president that contains taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, despite the Congress’s and the president’s promises to defund the abortion chain two years ago. Lila Rose, president and founder of national pro-life organization Live Action, and several other pro-life leaders called on the president to veto the bill. The letter to President Trump is here [link].

Statement from Lila Rose:

“The American people were promised that they would no longer have to subsidize abortion, yet Congress is delivering a bill to the president’s desk that hands over half a billion dollars from taxpayers to Planned Parenthood, America’s biggest abortion chain.

“This is a corporation whose own annual reporting proves that its focus is abortion, not women’s health care. Planned Parenthood has failed women, steadily losing hundreds of thousands of clients and closing over 200 of its facilities in the last 10 years. While it has focused on growing its abortion numbers by 11 percent over the last 10 years, its breast exams have decreased by 62 percent, its cervical cancer screenings by 74 percent, and its contraception services by 32 percent.

“Planned Parenthood lies about the services it claims to provide, including prenatal care and mammograms; it covers up sexual abuse and sex trafficking of children, it fails to report rape and abuse of minors in order to secure more abortions; it discriminates against girls, defending sex-selective abortion for people who would rather have baby boys; and it is currently under federal investigation after employees were caught on camera haggling over prices for the body parts of babies they aborted.

“The majority of Americans oppose federal funding of abortion providers. It is past time to stop the flow of taxpayer dollars into the abortion industry. The president has kept many of his pro-life promises, and we are asking him to keep this one. Veto this spending bill and any spending bill that funds a corporation that takes the lives of over 320,000 innocent preborn children every year.”

Live Action is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion and affirming the life of every child. Live Action exists to change hearts and minds about abortion through compelling educational media, human interest stories, and investigative reporting that exposes the lies and corruption in the abortion industry. With the largest online following in the pro-life movement, Live Action’s videos and content reach millions of people every week. Find out more at https://www.liveaction.org

Lila Rose, founder and president of national pro-life organization Live Action responds:

Planned Parenthood’s new president will preside over the nation’s largest abortion corporation, which dismembers, poisons, and starves to death 900 preborn children every day, profiting off their deaths.

Planned Parenthood’s own annual reporting over the last 10 years undeniably shows that its focus is abortion, not women’s health care. Planned Parenthood has failed women, steadily losing hundreds of thousands of clients and closing over 200 of its facilities. While it has focused on growing its abortion numbers by 11 percent over the last 10 years, its breast exams have decreased by 62 percent, its cervical cancer screenings by 74 percent, and its contraception services by 32 percent — all things people like Leana Wen claim Planned Parenthood is so needed to provide.

Wen also takes the helm of a business riddled with scandals and potential criminal activity. Planned Parenthood lies about the services it claims to provide, including prenatal care and mammograms; it covers up sexual abuse and sex trafficking of children, failing to report rape and abuse of minors in order to secure more abortions; it discriminates against girls, defending sex-selective abortion for people who would rather have baby boys; and it is currently under federal investigation after employees were caught on camera haggling over prices for the body parts of babies they aborted.

The abortion group touts their new president’s credentials as a doctor. Doctors are supposed to heal, not harm, but Wen’s first statements as Planned Parenthood’s new leader show that she intends for the abortion business to remain the nation’s largest abortion chain and the largest perpetrator of lethal violence against our most vulnerable.

It is especially tragic that someone with medical training and who was born in China – a nation that has had brutal one-child and two-child policies and that has forced women to abort their babies – will now be campaigning for more abortions in the United States.”

Live Action is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion and affirming the life of every child. Live Action exists to change hearts and minds about abortion through compelling educational media, human interest stories, and investigative reporting that exposes the lies and corruption in the abortion industry. With the largest online following in the pro-life movement, Live Action’s videos and reaches millions of people every week. Find out more at https://www.liveaction.org

“The FDA’s purchasing of fetal tissue from aborted babies is immoral and horrific, violating human dignity and implicating the American taxpayer in the gruesome trade of human body parts. By issuing a contract to acquire human fetal tissue, the FDA is using American tax dollars to pay for human body parts that can only be acquired from aborted babies. These children deserved care and protection, but instead were violently stripped of their fundamental rights and are now being sold piecemeal. The company that the FDA is doing business with, Advanced Bio Resources (ABR), is currently under federal investigation for colluding with Planned Parenthood to sell aborted baby body parts for profit. We call on the FDA to terminate its contract with ABR immediately and cease the experimentation on the bodies of aborted children.”

Live Action is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion and affirming the life of every child. Live Action exists to change hearts and minds about abortion through compelling educational media, human interest stories, and investigative reporting that exposes the lies and corruption in the abortion industry. With the largest online following in the pro-life movement, Live Action’s videos and reaches millions of people every week. Find out more at https://www.liveaction.org

Lila Rose, founder and president of national pro-life organization Live Action responds:

“We encourage Brett Kavanaugh to uphold the Constitution and support the most basic human right — the right to life — for all people. While the Supreme Court will hear many cases, we look forward to the day when our nation’s highest court acknowledges the great injustice of abortion and finally upholds the right to life for all humans, born and unborn. We hope that with Brett Kavanaugh, the court ensures that our very first right, the right to life, will be protected by our laws rather than trampled by them. The right to life is the foundation for all other human rights – without it, no other rights can be enjoyed.

“Our laws must reflect reality: Science has proven that a human being – with her own complete and unique set of DNA – is formed at the moment of fertilization. Human rights are grounded in being human—not in a person’s age, level of development, or location.”

Live Action is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to exposing the truth about abortion and affirming the life of every child. Live Action exists to change hearts and minds about abortion through compelling educational media, human interest stories, and investigative reporting that exposes the lies and corruption in the abortion industry. With the largest online following in the pro-life movement, Live Action’s videos and reaches millions of people every week. Find out more at https://www.liveaction.org

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]]>Lila Rose Responds to Justice Anthony Kennedy Retiringhttps://www.liveaction.org/lila-rose-responds-to-justice-anthony-kennedy-retiring/
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:20:16 +0000https://www.liveaction.org/?p=19321The following quote may be attributed to Live Action Founder and President, Lila Rose regarding the announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court:

“If the next justice supports the basic human right to life for all people, we could see the horrific, immoral, and unjust 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade overturned. In Roe, seven men fabricated a false “right” for a woman to kill the child in her womb. There is no “right” to kill a human child. Roe resulted in 45 years of bloodshed, confusion, and pain, with millions of men, women, and families profoundly wounded and over 60 million children killed in the womb.

“The right to life is the foundation for all other human rights – without life, no other rights can be enjoyed. It is the job of government to secure the basic human rights of its people, especially for those that are the most vulnerable. Science is crystal clear that an individual, unique human life begins at the moment of fertilization, and morality and justice compel us to protect every human life from his or her first moment of existence.
“Justice Kennedy’s opinions in subsequent abortion cases showed that he supported Roe while neglecting to affirm the most basic human right of life. An opportunity to appoint a new justice to the court may mean restored constitutional protections for all human beings, born and unborn.”

Lila Rose, founder and president of national pro-life organization Live Action responds:

“Planned Parenthood and pro-abortion politicians in California manufactured this law specifically to target pro-life pregnancy centers. This unjust law was one of the worst offenses against First Amendment rights we’ve seen and shows the illegal lengths the abortion industry and its political allies are willing to go to suppress the pro-life viewpoint and promote the killing of children in the womb. We applaud the Supreme Court for upholding the free speech rights of these centers.

“Pro-life pregnancy centers are doing some of the most important work in our communities today. They are providing advocacy, education, baby supplies, parenting classes, and maternity care to women in need. In addition to helping women during pregnancy, they often provide support long after the baby is born.

“Abortion facilities like Planned Parenthood already use millions of dollars from taxpayers to promote their abortion business. No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the abortion industry – least of all pro-life pregnancy centers who are working to promote life, not destroy it.”

]]>California Teacher Faces Potential Punishment for Showing Live Action Video to Studentshttps://www.liveaction.org/california-teacher-faces-potential-punishment-for-showing-live-action-video-to-students/
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:19:44 +0000https://www.liveaction.org/?p=19228Washington, D.C. – (June 13, 2018) – The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the Sacramento City Unified School District has launched an investigation into a Sacramento public school teacher showing a Live Action video to students during a sex-education class. The video in question shows Dr. Anthony Levatino, a practicing obstetrician/gynecologist who has performed over 1200 abortions, discussing how abortions are performed during various stages of pregnancy. The video, titled “Abortion Procedures” shows medical animations of the most prevalent abortion procedures in America.

Lila Rose, Founder and President of Live Action, responds: “According to the Sacramento Bee, the district’s governing board states that family life and sex-education classes should ‘help students learn how to gather and organize pertinent facts, discriminate between fact and fiction, draw intelligent conclusions and respect the opinions of others.’ These videos were designed to be teacher aids and are medically accurate, created in consultation with a group of doctors and experts, and have been viewed online nearly 100 million times. The abortion procedure series are medical animations, not graphic footage, and accurately depict the most prevalent abortion procedures in a format suitable for teens.”

“California allows abortion clinics to perform an abortion on a teen girl without her parents knowledge or consent – making it absolutely necessary that schools educate students about the facts of abortion. Tens of thousands of teen girls have abortions every year in America, and they deserve the information about fetal development, what happens during an abortion procedure, and its risks. The district’s own policies advocate for sex education classes that “help students understand the biological, psychological, social, moral, and ethical aspects of human sexuality and shall comply with the requirements of law and administrative regulation.’ How can students understand the biological, moral, and ethical aspects of abortion without knowing what the abortion procedure entails for both the developing child and mother? We encourage the Sacramento City Unified School District to be a leader in accurate abortion education by using the abortion procedure videos in all middle school science, sexuality, and family life classrooms.”

]]>VIDEO: Taxpayers paying for years of Planned Parenthood’s legal fees as it defends its failure to report child sexual abusehttps://www.liveaction.org/video-taxpayers-paying-for-years-of-planned-parenthoods-legal-fees-as-it-defends-its-failure-to-report-child-sexual-abuse/
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:16:33 +0000https://www.liveaction.org/?p=19226Live Action Docuseries 7th video of 7 released: Attorney who brought charges against the Catholic Church for covering up the sexual abuse of young boys brought cases against Planned Parenthood for covering up the sexual abuse of teen girls

Washington, D.C. – (June 14, 2018) – Today, Live Action released a new video featuring an attorney who brought two cases against Planned Parenthood for covering up child sexual abuse who says Planned Parenthood’s legal strategy is focused on dragging litigation out for years until victims can no longer afford to fight.

The “Prosecution” video is the seventh in Live Action’s seven-part docuseries “Aiding Abusers: Planned Parenthood’s cover-up of child sexual abuse.” The video features the testimony of Brian Hurley, an attorney who had once brought a case against the Catholic Church for covering up the sexual abuse of young boys, who also brought two separate cases against Planned Parenthood in 2007 for covering up the sexual abuse of two teenage girls in Ohio.

In one case, Hurley represented Denise Fairbanks, who told Planned Parenthood her father was raping her when he brought her in for an abortion at age 16. Planned Parenthood refused to report the rape to police, as the law required.

Hurley also represented the parents of Chelsea Wallace, who was 14 when her 21-year-old soccer coach got her pregnant and took her to Planned Parenthood for an abortion. Planned Parenthood broke the law by failing to notify her parents of the abortion and getting their written consent, and by failing to notify authorities of the suspected sexual abuse of a child.

In both cases, the two predators took their victims home and continued abusing them after the abortions because Planned Parenthood failed to alert authorities to the suspected abuse. In Fairbanks’ case, her father continued to rape her for another year and a half.

Hurley said that rather than admit wrongdoing, Planned Parenthood’s strategy in the cases was to wear the victims out by litigating every detail of the case, dragging out one case for six years until the plaintiffs finally had to settle.

“Every aspect of the case was litigated. Much more so in fact, than I had seen in any of the other cases I had been involved in my 35 years. Which, I think, from my perspective — and this is argued throughout our pleadings — was an attempt to make it prohibitively expensive for us to continue,” he said. “The majority of the plaintiffs in these cases are very poor people, are people from backgrounds where they don’t have much money. And, it’s hard to find lawyers who are willing to spend six years litigating against an organization that is going to require you to devote thousands of hours to litigate those claims.”

Hurley scoffs at Planned Parenthood’s posturing as an advocate for abused women in the Me Too and Time’s Up movements: “I think it’s hypocritical for Planned Parenthood to take a position about how important it is to report suspected and known abuse. They need to look in the mirror.”

Hurley said of the legacy media’s lack of holding Planned Parenthood accountable in sexual abuse cases even after being presented evidence: “What I find to be hypocritical is the media’s refusal to do a serious investigation of what occurs at Planned Parenthood. …Clearly, the mainstream media has decided that they don’t want to expose or do an investigation of — to find out what is actually going on at Planned Parenthood.”

Live Action President and Founder Lila Rose commented, “Without over half a billion dollars a year from taxpayers, it would be much harder for Planned Parenthood to litigate these abuse cases for years until they wore victims down, never formally admitting their cover up of these young girls’ rape. When Planned Parenthood gets taken to court, it’s the taxpayers who are paying for Planned Parenthood’s defense and helping to put these children through years of litigation and prolonging their agony.”

The details of Fairbanks’ story are covered on page 8 of the “Aiding Abusers” report, and the details of Wallace’s story are covered on page 12 (Wallace is referred to as “Jane Roe” in the report and the court documents).